Predictors of Adolescents' Excessive Internet Use: A Comparison across European Countries

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Authors

BLINKA Lukáš ŠMAHEL David

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Psychology
Keywords excessive Internet use; Internet addiction; adolescence; international comparison; EU Kids Online
Description Using data collected from the EU Kids Online II project, a random stratified sample of 18.709 adolescents aged 11-16 years, from 25 European countries, was used to analyse the relationship between excessive Internet use (EIU) and a set of psychological, behavioural, and demographic variables. At a European level, psychological variables were the best predictors, accounting for more of the variation in EIU than both behavioural and demographic variables combined. On a national level, the most stable predictor was emotional difficulties, while all the other variables shifted across countries.
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